Haiku Entries – August 2009

A loner, a sad walk
Heavy rain and weeping willows
Who is not crying?

Karma CW (Thimphu)

 

Looking out of my window
Kids playing in the street
Reminded me of my childhood

Sherab Jamtsho (Thimphu)

 

Homage to my Guru
I pray at your feet
My guru doesn’t even know

Sherab Jamtsho (Thimphu)

In between my mom’s scoldings
My dad nearly pours tea
In my curry cup!

Sonam Palden (Thimphu)

Sharing the last few meals with my family
Amidst laughter and clinking plates
Their voices fade in an echo

Sonam Palden (Thimphu)

An egg is hatched,
Then it gets altered into
A thing of beauty.

Kinley Tshering (Thimphu)

He went outside,
Saw old, sick, death and a saint -
Buddha’s mind stirred!

Kinley Tshering (Thimphu)

I regret everything
I regret nothing
What’s the difference anyway

Chimi Seldon (Thimphu)

Walking back
The mist had settled
Street lights

Namgay Wangchuk (Thimphu)

I am looking
Here, there, up, down, everywhere -
Stay calm and be still

Kinley Tshering (Thimphu)

What’s it called
One being eating another??
Ah, a carnivore!!

Kinley Tshering (Thimphu)

You spoil me love,
With your warmth and kisses
I’ll love you – always

Kinley Tshering (Thimphu)

 You’ve made me what ‘m now,
My dear mother,
Words cannot do when thanking you

Kinley Tshering (Thimphu)

The motor blade sound,
Slicing of the helpless grass,
Oh! What a pity!!

Kinley Tshering (Thimphu)

At the store
Soppy hands straighten out
Wet change

Sonam Palden (Thimphu)

Rain falling on a tin roof
Somewhere in the dark
A dog moans

Sonam Palden (Thimphu)

A prayer wheel’s
Bell tolled,
OM MANI PADME HUNG!!

Kinley Tshering (Thimphu)

My other half asks,
What’s your choice of a good book?
I say, as you like it!!

Kinley Tshering (Thimphu)

Another sad death,
May Triple Gem bless their souls!
Alas, facts of life

Kinley Tshering (Thimphu)

I was invited to come,
I made it and saw you,
Cupid struck me.

Kinley Tshering (Thimphu)

Loads of e-mails,
Spam, junk, spams and junks,
Waste of time!!

Kinley Tshering (Thimphu)

I am listening,
Sounds of the river,
I’m filled with nostalgia.

Kinley Tshering (Thimphu)

Cars zooming by the roadway,
Screech of brake sounds,
Two cows on the zebra-crossing walking by!!

Kinley Tshering (Thimphu)

The door opens
Candle lit table with cake
New faces…
Happy Birthday…

Namgay Wangchuk (Thimphu)

Running late to class
I enter
The teacher is already there

Namgay Wangchuk (Thimphu)

Summer rain
A taxi driver’s smile
Lights up the sky

Phuntsok Rabten (Thimphu)

The window is fogged,
I draw on it…
The Buddha weeps

Namgay Wangchuk (Thimphu)

I laugh at my mirror,
My mirror laughs at me,
I frown at my mirror,
My mirror frowns at me,
But the truth is,
my mirror never cared.

Sherab Jamtsho (Thimphu)

Monsoon clouds roll in
i wonder
what will happen next?

Chandra DeNap (Thimphu)

That sandalwood tree
Smelling so sweet by the road
Now you seek revenge?

Maxine Ain (Thimphu)

Surrounded by storms,
Try to hide in a corner
but finally come to realize,
There is nowhere to hide

Sarina Yeh (Taipei)

Who i want to be
i suddenly realize
i already was

Chandra DeNap (Thimphu)

Every morning i open the door
And step out
Then it closes.

Sonam Palden (Thimphu)

Drenched in the rain
Only a backpack
The lone man on the highway

 Sonam Palden (Thimphu)

Viewing Thimphu valley
Down from Wangditse
The evening moon has joined me

Sherab Jamtsho (Thimphu)

Going through lines
Impermanence creeping in my mind
Making me shuddery

Sherab Jamtsho (Thimphu)

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Waking from a dream
I walk unsteadily
Into another

Chandra DeNap (Thimphu)

Rain falling in the gutter
Ripples come and go
Sad goodbyes

Sonam Palden (Thimphu)

In the wilderness
Choices emerge
An old friend

Namgay Wangchuk (Thimphu)

Norah Jones’ smoky voice
Drifts through the evening breeze
The tree outside my window enchants me

Sonam Palden (Thimphu)